NSPasteboard

NSPasteboard Mac OS X 10.0

This class provides access to the pasteboard server, which allows applications to share data with one another. A general purpose pasteboard is obtained using the class method generalPasteboard. Alternatively, clients can access one of the standard pasteboards (general, font, ruler, find, and drag), or create a private pasteboard using the class method pasteboardWithName:.

Data is read and written to a pasteboard using the methods dataForType: and setData:forType, respectively.

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@interface NSPasteboard : NSObject
 // Convenience Constructors
   + (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringData:(NSData *)data ofType:(NSString *)type;
   + (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringFile:(NSString *)filename;
   + (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardByFilteringTypesInPasteboard:(NSPasteboard *)pboard;
   + (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardWithName:(NSString *)name;
   + (NSPasteboard *)pasteboardWithUniqueName;
 // Accessor Methods
   - (BOOL)setString:(NSString *)string forType:(NSString *)dataType;
   - (BOOL)setData:(NSData *)data forType:(NSString *)dataType;
   - (BOOL)setPropertyList:(id)plist forType:(NSString *)dataType;
 // Class Methods
   + (NSPasteboard *)generalPasteboard;
   + (NSArray *)typesFilterableTo:(NSString *)type;
 // Instance Methods
   - (NSString *)availableTypeFromArray:(NSArray *)types;
   - (int)addTypes:(NSArray *)newTypes owner:(id)newOwner;
   - (int)changeCount;
   - (NSData *)dataForType:(NSString *)dataType;
   - (int)declareTypes:(NSArray *)newTypes owner:(id)newOwner;
   - (NSString *)name;
   - (id)propertyListForType:(NSString *)dataType;
   - (NSString *)readFileContentsType:(NSString *)type toFile:(NSString *)filename;
   - (NSFileWrapper *)readFileWrapper;
   - (void)releaseGlobally;
   - (NSString *)stringForType:(NSString *)dataType;
   - (NSArray *)types;
   - (BOOL)writeFileContents:(NSString *)filename;
   - (BOOL)writeFileWrapper:(NSFileWrapper *)wrapper;



    Part II: API Quick Reference
    Chapter 13. Foundation Classes